Policy Title: Revision of the Eligibility Requirements, Criteria for Accreditation, Assumed Practices and Obligations of Affiliation

Number: PPAR.A.10.050

The Board of Trustees may not act to adopt or change any Eligibility Requirement or Criterion, including Core Components of a Criterion, or Assumed Practices by which the eligibility or accreditation or other affiliation of an organization is judged or Obligations of Affiliations unless the proposed amendment has been presented at a scheduled Board meeting, circulated in writing to all affiliated and member organizations for a comment period of not less than 60 days, and adopted at a subsequent Board meeting. The Board of Trustees will consider the comments before action is taken. This policy does not preclude the Commission Board or staff making technical amendments to clarify the meaning of policies without necessarily providing a notice and comment period.